It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

When we first did it 50 years ago, there were no tools for it.” Unlike the Speedmaster, which was retrofitted for the space ...

Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...

In what has become a landmark comparison of sports and life expectancy, researchers from the Copenhagen City Heart Study found that playing tennis may add nearly a decade (9.7 years) to one’s lifespan ...

In practical terms, a one standard deviation increase in IQ (about 15 points on the classic scale) led to a nearly 20% ...

The system is set up to only strike targets flying under one meter per second. Mosquitoes fly, on average, 1 to 1.5 ...

On a warm summer afternoon, when your throat runs dry, reaching for a glass of water might feel like the most natural thing ...

To simulate menstrual fluid, the team used glycerol, a thick liquid similar in consistency to blood. In both pre-flight and ...

More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...

The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

Nature’s least loved animals are dying fast. This could make the environment stinky and pathogens unstoppable.